Epic Excerpt 2:

I was reading along there in Genesis and got hooked on the fact that Enoch was a man that God made a point of treating differently from the rest. Enoch walked with God for over 300 years and was no more because God took him and though they sought him they could not find him for God took him to heaven.

This guy must have been something special! I just couldn't get him off my mind. How could God just leave me hanging like that?

What about Enoch?
What made him so special?
Why did God think so much of him that he just took him to heaven without the shame or pain of death?

So I did what any normal, minimally tech savvy, bonehead would do...........I googled him. Did you know you could google folks who left this world thousands of years ago just as easily as you can any of today's so called personalities?

I have been reading the bible for a long time. I have even read the books that are included in the Catholic version. I did not know that there is an ancient text called The Book of Enoch. It seems that this was a very popular book with the Greek and Ethiopian Churches and there is strong evidence that some of the earliest manuscripts that have been found were written before the time of Christ. (I will leave out the citations so you will have to do your won research if you like). This is backed up by the fact that fragments from both this book and one called The Book of Noah were discovered in the famed "Cave #4" of the dead sea scroll caves.

The accounts of the man and his visions and parables are breath taking. I have been riveted and it has brought a bit of new insight to portions of the old testament. Here is a link so that you can read it if you like. ( http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/ ) Now this book along with others was cut from the line up of the Bible at the council of Laodesia (sp) as supplemental. I find that a shame.

Check it out.................